Courtenay Terrace Courtenayside And South East Boundary Wall

HOVE

TQ2804SE KINGSWAY 579-1/21/76 (South side) 10/09/71 Courtenay Terrace: Courtenayside and SE boundary wall (Formerly Listed as: KINGSWAY Courtenay Side. Courtenay Towers)

GV II

Part of villa, now part of terrace. Mid C19 villa, divided 1933. Stucco over brick, roof concealed behind parapet, roughcast stacks. Plan: single-fronted. 3 storeys, 2 bays; north front: bottle balustraded parapet, giant Ionic pilasters on rusticated ground floor, window openings with rounded corners to top, sash windows with one vertical glazing bar in moulded surrounds with keystone, entrance to right with sidelights of small roundel windows with stained glass, fanlight and ornametal grill to panelled door. Wall fronting road with square piers with recessed panels, wall with segmental recesses, an unusual, slightly art deco, design, presumably dating from 1933. Detailing similar to that of Courtenay Towers (qv) abutting to east. South front: similar balustrade, moulded strings, square-headed sash windows and ground floor obscured by C20 greenhouse. Boundary wall: coursed pebbles with cement humpbacked coping. With Courtenay Towers (qv), this was formerly Hove Lea and is shown as such on the 1875 OS map.

Listing NGR: TQ2871604386